What triggered the vandalism at Wistron iPhone facility
What triggered the vandalism at Wistron iPhone facility
India Today TV visited the Wistron iPhone factory in Narasapura, spoke to parents of the workers and police to understand what triggered that vandalism at the facility on Saturday.
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UPDATED: December 17, 2020 10:20 IST
Over 150 people have so far been arrested over the arson and vandalism at the iPhone manufacturing unit in Kolar on Saturday. (Photo: Reuters)
After Saturday’s violence at Wistron Corp’s Narasapura facility near Bengaluru over alleged non-payment of promised remuneration to contract workers, overtime and around 12 hours shifts every day, the company had earlier claimed in their police complaint to have suffered losses over Rs 437 crore.
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Thursday said that his government would give full support to Wistron for restarting production at the earliest at its iPhone manufacturing plant near Bengaluru, which was ransacked on alleged wage issues earlier this week. “We have taken action. It is a very important foreign company and this (incident) should not have happened. The Prime Minister is also very much worried about this development,” Yediyurappa said. “We will give full support to that company and let them continue production without any problem,” he added. Earlier in the day, the police detained a leader of the Students’ Federation of India (SFI), which is affiliated to the Commiunist Party of India (Marxist), in connection with the rampage that took place at the Taiwanese-headquartered plant in the wee hours of Saturday which has led to a loss of Rs 50 crore, according to the company.
What you need to know
An Indian trade union has stated that the state government ignored violations at a Wistron factory in India.
A riot broke out at a factory in Karnataka last weekend, and the body says workers had not been paid properly for four months.
An Indian trade union has said the state government turned a blind eye to labor violations and that workers had not been paid properly for four months, following a riot last week.
A violent riot broke out at a Wistron iPhone plant in Karnataka in southern India over allegations of unpaid wages and cut salaries. Cars were overturned and set alight, and glass was broken, damages are estimated to have run north of $6 million.
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Hundreds of workers have been arrested or detained by police over Wistron violence
Bengaluru/New Delhi:
A major trade union on Thursday slammed the Karnataka government for failing to take stern action against iPhone assembler Wistron and accused it of targeting the company s contract workers after a protest over salary payments turned violent.
The protest on Saturday over months of alleged underpayment of dues at a Wistron Corp assembly plant in the southern state spiralled out of control after police were summoned.
The Taiwanese company, one of Apple Inc s top global suppliers, in a police complaint said more than 5,000 of its contract workers had destroyed property and equipment, causing an estimated $60 million in damages.